merge stable
authorSylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:45:23 +0200
branchstable
changeset 3519 e3ce9db1133c
parent 3518 11ce4682187d (diff)
parent 3509 711cff0a83dd (current diff)
child 3520 eb508952ee81
merge
web/views/formrenderers.py
--- a/web/form.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/form.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 """
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
+from logilab.common.decorators import iclassmethod
+
 from cubicweb.appobject import AppObject
 from cubicweb.view import NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW
 from cubicweb.common import tags
@@ -205,3 +207,58 @@
 class Form(FormMixIn, AppObject):
     __metaclass__ = metafieldsform
     __registry__ = 'forms'
+
+    parent_form = None
+
+    @property
+    def root_form(self):
+        """return the root form"""
+        if self.parent_form is None:
+            return self
+        return self.parent_form.root_form
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def _fieldsattr(cls_or_self):
+        if isinstance(cls_or_self, type):
+            fields = cls_or_self._fields_
+        else:
+            fields = cls_or_self.fields
+        return fields
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def field_by_name(cls_or_self, name, role='subject'):
+        """return field with the given name and role.
+        Raise FieldNotFound if the field can't be found.
+        """
+        for field in cls_or_self._fieldsattr():
+            if field.name == name and field.role == role:
+                return field
+        raise FieldNotFound(name)
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def fields_by_name(cls_or_self, name, role='subject'):
+        """return a list of fields with the given name and role"""
+        return [field for field in cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
+                if field.name == name and field.role == role]
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def remove_field(cls_or_self, field):
+        """remove a field from form class or instance"""
+        cls_or_self._fieldsattr().remove(field)
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def append_field(cls_or_self, field):
+        """append a field to form class or instance"""
+        cls_or_self._fieldsattr().append(field)
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def insert_field_before(cls_or_self, new_field, name, role='subject'):
+        field = cls_or_self.field_by_name(name, role)
+        fields = cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
+        fields.insert(fields.index(field), new_field)
+
+    @iclassmethod
+    def insert_field_after(cls_or_self, new_field, name, role='subject'):
+        field = cls_or_self.field_by_name(name, role)
+        fields = cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
+        fields.insert(fields.index(field)+1, new_field)
--- a/web/formfields.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/formfields.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         return vocab
 
     def form_init(self, form):
-        """method called before by form_build_context to trigger potential field
+        """method called before by build_context to trigger potential field
         initialization requiring the form instance
         """
         pass
--- a/web/test/unittest_form.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/test/unittest_form.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         form = EntityFieldsForm(self.request(login=u'toto'), None, entity=e)
         field = StringField(name='login', eidparam=True)
         form.append_field(field)
-        form.form_build_context({})
+        form.build_context({})
         self.assertEquals(form.form_field_display_value(field, {}), 'toto')
 
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     # fields tests ############################################################
 
     def _render_entity_field(self, name, form):
-        form.form_build_context({})
+        form.build_context({})
         renderer = FormRenderer(self.req)
         return form.field_by_name(name).render(form, renderer)
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
         class FFForm(EntityFieldsForm):
             data = FileField(format_field=StringField(name='data_format', max_length=50),
                              encoding_field=StringField(name='data_encoding', max_length=20))
-        file = self.add_entity('File', name=u"pouet.txt", data_encoding=u'UTF-8',
+        file = self.add_entity('File', data_name=u"pouet.txt", data_encoding=u'UTF-8',
                                data=Binary('new widgets system'))
         form = FFForm(self.req, redirect_path='perdu.com', entity=file)
         self.assertTextEquals(self._render_entity_field('data', form),
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                 return 'ascii'
             def form_field_format(self, field):
                 return 'text/plain'
-        file = self.add_entity('File', name=u"pouet.txt", data_encoding=u'UTF-8',
+        file = self.add_entity('File', data_name=u"pouet.txt", data_encoding=u'UTF-8',
                                data=Binary('new widgets system'))
         form = EFFForm(self.req, redirect_path='perdu.com', entity=file)
         self.assertTextEquals(self._render_entity_field('data', form),
--- a/web/views/autoform.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/autoform.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 _ = unicode
 
-from logilab.common.decorators import iclassmethod
+from logilab.common.decorators import iclassmethod, cached
 
 from cubicweb import typed_eid
 from cubicweb.web import stdmsgs, uicfg
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@
         """true if the form needs enctype=multipart/form-data"""
         return self._subform_needs_multipart()
 
+    def build_context(self, rendervalues=None):
+        super(AutomaticEntityForm, self).build_context(rendervalues)
+        for form in self.inlined_forms():
+            form.build_context(rendervalues)
+
     def _subform_needs_multipart(self, _tested=None):
         if _tested is None:
             _tested = set()
@@ -337,6 +342,46 @@
 
     # inlined forms support ####################################################
 
+    @cached
+    def inlined_form_views(self):
+        """compute and return list of inlined form views (hosting the inlined form object)
+        """
+        formviews = []
+        entity = self.edited_entity
+        for rschema, ttypes, role in self.inlined_relations():
+            # show inline forms only if there's one possible target type
+            # for rschema
+            if len(ttypes) != 1:
+                self.warning('entity related by the %s relation should have '
+                             'inlined form but there is multiple target types, '
+                             'dunno what to do', rschema)
+                continue
+            ttype = ttypes[0].type
+            if self.should_inline_relation_form(rschema, ttype, role):
+                formviews += self.inline_edition_form_view(rschema, ttype, role)
+                if role == 'subject':
+                    card = rschema.rproperty(entity.e_schema, ttype, 'cardinality')[0]
+                else:
+                    card = rschema.rproperty(ttype, entity.e_schema, 'cardinality')[1]
+                # there is no related entity and we need at least one: we need to
+                # display one explicit inline-creation view
+                if self.should_display_inline_creation_form(rschema, formviews, card):
+                    formviews += self.inline_creation_form_view(rschema, ttype, role)
+                # we can create more than one related entity, we thus display a link
+                # to add new related entities
+                if self.should_display_add_new_relation_link(rschema, formviews, card):
+                    addnewlink = self.vreg['views'].select(
+                        'inline-addnew-link', self.req,
+                        etype=ttype, rtype=rschema, role=role,
+                        peid=self.edited_entity.eid, pform=self, card=card)
+                    formviews.append(addnewlink)
+        return formviews
+
+    def inlined_forms(self):
+        for formview in self.inlined_form_views():
+            if formview.form: # may be None for the addnew_link artefact form
+                yield formview.form
+
     def should_inline_relation_form(self, rschema, targettype, role):
         """return true if the given relation with entity has role and a
         targettype target should be inlined
@@ -344,25 +389,6 @@
         return self.rinlined.etype_get(self.edited_entity.id, rschema, role,
                                        targettype)
 
-    def display_inline_edition_form(self, w, rschema, targettype, role,
-                                     i18nctx):
-        """display inline forms for already related entities.
-
-        Return True if some inlined form are actually displayed
-        """
-        existant = False
-        entity = self.edited_entity
-        related = entity.has_eid() and entity.related(rschema, role)
-        if related:
-            # display inline-edition view for all existing related entities
-            for i, relentity in enumerate(related.entities()):
-                if relentity.has_perm('update'):
-                    w(self.view('inline-edition', related, row=i, col=0,
-                                rtype=rschema, role=role, ptype=entity.e_schema,
-                                peid=entity.eid, i18nctx=i18nctx))
-                    existant = True
-        return existant
-
     def should_display_inline_creation_form(self, rschema, existant, card):
         """return true if a creation form should be inlined
 
@@ -370,17 +396,6 @@
         """
         return not existant and card in '1+' or self.req.form.has_key('force_%s_display' % rschema)
 
-    def display_inline_creation_form(self, w, rschema, targettype, role,
-                                     i18nctx):
-        """display inline forms to a newly related (hence created) entity.
-
-        Return True if some inlined form are actually displayed
-        """
-        entity = self.edited_entity
-        w(self.view('inline-creation', None, etype=targettype,
-                    peid=entity.eid, ptype=entity.e_schema,
-                    rtype=rschema, role=role, i18nctx=i18nctx))
-
     def should_display_add_new_relation_link(self, rschema, existant, card):
         """return true if we should add a link to add a new creation form
         (through ajax call)
@@ -398,6 +413,29 @@
         """
         return card in '1?'
 
+    def inline_edition_form_view(self, rschema, ttype, role):
+        """yield inline form views for already related entities through the
+        given relation
+        """
+        entity = self.edited_entity
+        related = entity.has_eid() and entity.related(rschema, role)
+        if related:
+            vvreg = self.vreg['views']
+            # display inline-edition view for all existing related entities
+            for i, relentity in enumerate(related.entities()):
+                if relentity.has_perm('update'):
+                    yield vvreg.select('inline-edition', self.req, related,
+                                       row=i, col=0, rtype=rschema, role=role,
+                                       peid=entity.eid, pform=self)
+
+    def inline_creation_form_view(self, rschema, ttype, role):
+        """yield inline form views to a newly related (hence created) entity
+        through the given relation
+        """
+        yield self.vreg['views'].select('inline-creation', self.req,
+                                        etype=ttype, rtype=rschema, role=role,
+                                        peid=self.edited_entity.eid, pform=self)
+
 
 def etype_relation_field(etype, rtype, role='subject'):
     eschema = AutomaticEntityForm.schema.eschema(etype)
--- a/web/views/basecontrollers.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/basecontrollers.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
         entity.eid = varname
         entity['pkey'] = propkey
         form = self.vreg['forms'].select('edition', self.req, entity=entity)
-        form.form_build_context()
+        form.build_context()
         vfield = form.field_by_name('value')
         renderer = FormRenderer(self.req)
         return vfield.render(form, renderer, tabindex=tabindex) \
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@
         view = self.vreg['views'].select('inline-creation', self.req,
                                          etype=ttype, peid=peid, rtype=rtype,
                                          role=role)
-        return self._call_view(view, etype=ttype, peid=peid,
-                               rtype=rtype, role=role, i18nctx=i18nctx)
+        return self._call_view(view, i18nctx=i18nctx)
 
     @jsonize
     def js_validate_form(self, action, names, values):
--- a/web/views/boxes.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/boxes.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
                                       ('addrelated', None)):
             for action in actions.get(category, ()):
                 if category == 'addrelated':
-                    warn('"addrelated" category is deprecated, use "moreaction"'
-                         ' category w/ "addrelated" submenu',
+                    warn('[3.5] "addrelated" category is deprecated, use '
+                         '"moreactions" category w/ "addrelated" submenu',
                          DeprecationWarning)
                     defaultmenu = self._get_menu('addrelated', _('add'), _('add'))
                 if action.submenu:
--- a/web/views/cwproperties.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/cwproperties.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                                                 eidparam=True))
         subform.vreg = self.vreg
         subform.form_add_hidden('pkey', key, eidparam=True)
-        form.form_add_subform(subform)
+        form.add_subform(subform)
         return subform
 
 
--- a/web/views/editforms.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/editforms.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from simplejson import dumps
 
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
+from logilab.common.decorators import cached
 
 from cubicweb.selectors import (match_kwargs, one_line_rset, non_final_entity,
                                 specified_etype_implements, yes)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
             done.add(entity.eid)
             subform = self.vreg['forms'].select('base', self.req, entity=entity,
                                                 mainform=False)
-            self.form_add_subform(subform)
+            self.add_subform(subform)
 
 
 class DeleteConfFormView(FormViewMixIn, EntityView):
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@
                                              mainform=False)
             # XXX rely on the EntityCompositeFormRenderer to put the eid input
             form.remove_field(form.field_by_name('eid'))
-            self.form_add_subform(form)
+            self.add_subform(form)
 
 
 class TableEditFormView(FormViewMixIn, EntityView):
@@ -439,66 +440,83 @@
 
 
 class InlineEntityEditionFormView(FormViewMixIn, EntityView):
+    """
+    :attr peid: the parent entity's eid hosting the inline form
+    :attr rtype: the relation bridging `etype` and `peid`
+    :attr role: the role played by the `peid` in the relation
+    :attr pform: the parent form where this inlined form is being displayed
+    """
     id = 'inline-edition'
     __select__ = non_final_entity() & match_kwargs('peid', 'rtype')
+
+    _select_attrs = ('peid', 'rtype', 'role', 'pform')
     removejs = "removeInlinedEntity('%s', '%s', '%s')"
 
-    def call(self, **kwargs):
-        """redefine default call() method to avoid automatic
-        insertions of <div class="section"> between each row of
-        the resultset
-        """
-        rset = self.rset
-        for i in xrange(len(rset)):
-            self.wview(self.id, rset, row=i, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        for attr in self._select_attrs:
+            setattr(self, attr, kwargs.pop(attr, None))
+        super(InlineEntityEditionFormView, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _entity(self):
+        assert self.row is not None, self
+        return self.rset.get_entity(self.row, self.col)
 
-    def cell_call(self, row, col, peid, rtype, role, i18nctx, **kwargs):
+    @property
+    @cached
+    def form(self):
+        entity = self._entity()
+        form = self.vreg['forms'].select('edition', self.req,
+                                         entity=entity,
+                                         form_renderer_id='inline',
+                                         mainform=False, copy_nav_params=False,
+                                         **self.extra_kwargs)
+        form.parent_form = self.pform
+        self.add_hiddens(form, entity)
+        return form
+
+    def cell_call(self, row, col, i18nctx, **kwargs):
         """
         :param peid: the parent entity's eid hosting the inline form
         :param rtype: the relation bridging `etype` and `peid`
         :param role: the role played by the `peid` in the relation
         """
-        entity = self.entity(row, col)
-        divonclick = "restoreInlinedEntity('%s', '%s', '%s')" % (peid, rtype,
-                                                                 entity.eid)
-        self.render_form(entity, peid, rtype, role, i18nctx,
-                         divonclick=divonclick)
+        entity = self._entity()
+        divonclick = "restoreInlinedEntity('%s', '%s', '%s')" % (
+            self.peid, self.rtype, entity.eid)
+        self.render_form(i18nctx, divonclick=divonclick, **kwargs)
 
-    def render_form(self, entity, peid, rtype, role, i18nctx, **kwargs):
+    def render_form(self, i18nctx, **kwargs):
         """fetch and render the form"""
-        form = self.vreg['forms'].select('edition', self.req, entity=entity,
-                                         form_renderer_id='inline',
-                                         mainform=False, copy_nav_params=False)
-        self.add_hiddens(form, entity, peid, rtype, role)
-        divid = '%s-%s-%s' % (peid, rtype, entity.eid)
+        entity = self._entity()
+        divid = '%s-%s-%s' % (self.peid, self.rtype, entity.eid)
         title = self.req.pgettext(i18nctx, 'This %s' % entity.e_schema)
-        removejs = self.removejs % (peid, rtype, entity.eid)
-        countkey = '%s_count' % rtype
+        removejs = self.removejs % (self.peid, self.rtype, entity.eid)
+        countkey = '%s_count' % self.rtype
         try:
             self.req.data[countkey] += 1
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             self.req.data[countkey] = 1
-        self.w(form.form_render(divid=divid, title=title, removejs=removejs,
-                                i18nctx=i18nctx,
-                                counter=self.req.data[countkey], **kwargs))
+        self.w(self.form.form_render(
+            divid=divid, title=title, removejs=removejs, i18nctx=i18nctx,
+            counter=self.req.data[countkey], **kwargs))
 
-    def add_hiddens(self, form, entity, peid, rtype, role):
+    def add_hiddens(self, form, entity):
         # to ease overriding (see cubes.vcsfile.views.forms for instance)
-        if self.keep_entity(form, entity, peid, rtype):
+        if self.keep_entity(form, entity):
             if entity.has_eid():
                 rval = entity.eid
             else:
                 rval = INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE
-            form.form_add_hidden('edit%s-%s:%s' % (role[0], rtype, peid), rval)
-        form.form_add_hidden(name='%s:%s' % (rtype, peid), value=entity.eid,
-                             id='rel-%s-%s-%s'  % (peid, rtype, entity.eid))
+            form.form_add_hidden('edit%s-%s:%s' % (self.role[0], self.rtype, self.peid), rval)
+        form.form_add_hidden(name='%s:%s' % (self.rtype, self.peid), value=entity.eid,
+                             id='rel-%s-%s-%s'  % (self.peid, self.rtype, entity.eid))
 
-    def keep_entity(self, form, entity, peid, rtype):
+    def keep_entity(self, form, entity):
         if not entity.has_eid():
             return True
         # are we regenerating form because of a validation error ?
         if form.form_previous_values:
-            cdvalues = self.req.list_form_param(eid_param(rtype, peid),
+            cdvalues = self.req.list_form_param(eid_param(self.rtype, self.peid),
                                                 form.form_previous_values)
             if unicode(entity.eid) not in cdvalues:
                 return False
@@ -506,24 +524,52 @@
 
 
 class InlineEntityCreationFormView(InlineEntityEditionFormView):
+    """
+    :attr etype: the entity type being created in the inline form
+    """
     id = 'inline-creation'
     __select__ = (match_kwargs('peid', 'rtype')
                   & specified_etype_implements('Any'))
+    _select_attrs = InlineEntityEditionFormView._select_attrs + ('etype',)
     removejs = "removeInlineForm('%s', '%s', '%s')"
 
-    def call(self, etype, peid, rtype, role, i18nctx, **kwargs):
-        """
-        :param etype: the entity type being created in the inline form
-        :param peid: the parent entity's eid hosting the inline form
-        :param rtype: the relation bridging `etype` and `peid`
-        :param role: the role played by the `peid` in the relation
-        """
+    @cached
+    def _entity(self):
         try:
-            cls = self.vreg['etypes'].etype_class(etype)
+            cls = self.vreg['etypes'].etype_class(self.etype)
         except:
             self.w(self.req._('no such entity type %s') % etype)
             return
         self.initialize_varmaker()
         entity = cls(self.req)
         entity.eid = self.varmaker.next()
-        self.render_form(entity, peid, rtype, role, i18nctx, **kwargs)
+        return entity
+
+    def call(self, i18nctx, **kwargs):
+        self.render_form(i18nctx, **kwargs)
+
+
+class InlineAddNewLinkView(InlineEntityCreationFormView):
+    """
+    :attr card: the cardinality of the relation according to role of `peid`
+    """
+    id = 'inline-addnew-link'
+    __select__ = (match_kwargs('peid', 'rtype')
+                  & specified_etype_implements('Any'))
+
+    _select_attrs = InlineEntityCreationFormView._select_attrs + ('card',)
+    form = None # no actual form wrapped
+
+    def call(self, i18nctx, **kwargs):
+        divid = "addNew%s%s%s:%s" % (self.etype, self.rtype, self.role, self.peid)
+        self.w(u'<div class="inlinedform" id="%s" cubicweb:limit="true">'
+          % divid)
+        js = "addInlineCreationForm('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')" % (
+            self.peid, self.etype, self.rtype, self.role, i18nctx)
+        if self.pform.should_hide_add_new_relation_link(self.rtype, self.card):
+            js = "toggleVisibility('%s'); %s" % (divid, js)
+        __ = self.req.pgettext
+        self.w(u'<a class="addEntity" id="add%s:%slink" href="javascript: %s" >+ %s.</a>'
+          % (self.rtype, self.peid, js, __(i18nctx, 'add a %s' % self.etype)))
+        self.w(u'</div>')
+        self.w(u'<div class="trame_grise">&#160;</div>')
--- a/web/views/formrenderers.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/formrenderers.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
                 or (field.name, field.role) in form.internal_fields)
 
     def render_fields(self, w, form, values):
-        form.form_build_context(values)
         fields = self._render_hidden_fields(w, form)
         if fields:
             self._render_fields(fields, w, form)
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@
     _main_display_fields = None
 
     def render_fields(self, w, form, values):
-        if not form.is_subform:
+        if form.parent_form is None:
             w(u'<table class="listing">')
             subfields = [field for field in form.forms[0].fields
                          if self.display_field(form, field)
@@ -328,14 +327,14 @@
                     w(u'<th>%s</th>' % self.req._(field.label))
                 w(u'</tr>')
         super(EntityCompositeFormRenderer, self).render_fields(w, form, values)
-        if not form.is_subform:
+        if form.parent_form is None:
             w(u'</table>')
             if self._main_display_fields:
                 super(EntityCompositeFormRenderer, self)._render_fields(
                     self._main_display_fields, w, form)
 
     def _render_fields(self, fields, w, form):
-        if form.is_subform:
+        if form.parent_form is not None:
             entity = form.edited_entity
             values = form.form_previous_values
             qeid = eid_param('eid', entity.eid)
@@ -478,51 +477,23 @@
 
     def inline_entities_form(self, w, form):
         """create a form to edit entity's inlined relations"""
-        if not hasattr(form, 'inlined_relations'):
+        if not hasattr(form, 'inlined_form_views'):
             return
-        for rschema, targettypes, role in form.inlined_relations():
-            # show inline forms only if there's one possible target type
-            # for rschema
-            if len(targettypes) != 1:
-                self.warning('entity related by the %s relation should have '
-                             'inlined form but there is multiple target types, '
-                             'dunno what to do', rschema)
-                continue
-            targettype = targettypes[0].type
-            if form.should_inline_relation_form(rschema, targettype, role):
-                self.inline_relation_form(w, form, rschema, targettype, role)
+        keysinorder = []
+        formviews = form.inlined_form_views()
+        for formview in formviews:
+            if not (formview.rtype, formview.role) in keysinorder:
+                keysinorder.append( (formview.rtype, formview.role) )
+        for key in keysinorder:
+            self.inline_relation_form(w, form, [fv for fv in formviews
+                                                if (fv.rtype, fv.role) == key])
 
-    def inline_relation_form(self, w, form, rschema, targettype, role):
-        entity = form.edited_entity
-        __ = self.req.pgettext
-        i18nctx = 'inlined:%s.%s.%s' % (entity.e_schema, rschema, role)
-        w(u'<div id="inline%sslot">' % rschema)
-        existant = form.display_inline_edition_form(w, rschema, targettype,
-                                                    role, i18nctx)
-        if role == 'subject':
-            card = rschema.rproperty(entity.e_schema, targettype, 'cardinality')[0]
-        else:
-            card = rschema.rproperty(targettype, entity.e_schema, 'cardinality')[1]
-        # there is no related entity and we need at least one: we need to
-        # display one explicit inline-creation view
-        if form.should_display_inline_creation_form(rschema, existant, card):
-            form.display_inline_creation_form(w, rschema, targettype,
-                                              role, i18nctx)
-            existant = True
-        # we can create more than one related entity, we thus display a link
-        # to add new related entities
-        if form.should_display_add_new_relation_link(rschema, existant, card):
-            divid = "addNew%s%s%s:%s" % (targettype, rschema, role, entity.eid)
-            w(u'<div class="inlinedform" id="%s" cubicweb:limit="true">'
-              % divid)
-            js = "addInlineCreationForm('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')" % (
-                entity.eid, targettype, rschema, role, i18nctx)
-            if form.should_hide_add_new_relation_link(rschema, card):
-                js = "toggleVisibility('%s'); %s" % (divid, js)
-            w(u'<a class="addEntity" id="add%s:%slink" href="javascript: %s" >+ %s.</a>'
-              % (rschema, entity.eid, js, __(i18nctx, 'add a %s' % targettype)))
-            w(u'</div>')
-            w(u'<div class="trame_grise">&#160;</div>')
+    def inline_relation_form(self, w, form, formviews):
+        i18nctx = 'inlined:%s.%s.%s' % (form.edited_entity.e_schema,
+                                        formviews[0].rtype, formviews[0].role)
+        w(u'<div id="inline%sslot">' % formviews[0].rtype)
+        for formview in formviews:
+            w(formview.render(i18nctx=i18nctx, row=formview.row, col=formview.col))
         w(u'</div>')
 
 
@@ -559,7 +530,6 @@
         return '\n'.join(data)
 
     def render_fields(self, w, form, values):
-        form.form_build_context(values)
         w(u'<fieldset id="fs-%(divid)s">' % values)
         fields = self._render_hidden_fields(w, form)
         w(u'</fieldset>')
--- a/web/views/forms.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/forms.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from warnings import warn
 
 from logilab.common.compat import any
-from logilab.common.decorators import iclassmethod
 
 from cubicweb.selectors import non_final_entity, match_kwargs, one_line_rset
 from cubicweb.web import INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE, eid_param
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@
     """
     id = 'base'
 
-    is_subform = False
     internal_fields = ('__errorurl',) + NAV_FORM_PARAMETERS
 
     # attributes overrideable by subclasses or through __init__
@@ -84,6 +82,8 @@
                 self.form_add_hidden(key, val)
             elif hasattr(self.__class__, key) and not key[0] == '_':
                 setattr(self, key, val)
+            else:
+                self.extra_kwargs[key] = val
             # skip other parameters, usually given for selection
             # (else write a custom class to handle them)
         if mainform:
@@ -101,52 +101,6 @@
         if 'domid' in kwargs:# session key changed
             self.restore_previous_post(self.session_key())
 
-    @iclassmethod
-    def _fieldsattr(cls_or_self):
-        if isinstance(cls_or_self, type):
-            fields = cls_or_self._fields_
-        else:
-            fields = cls_or_self.fields
-        return fields
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def field_by_name(cls_or_self, name, role='subject'):
-        """return field with the given name and role.
-        Raise FieldNotFound if the field can't be found.
-        """
-        for field in cls_or_self._fieldsattr():
-            if field.name == name and field.role == role:
-                return field
-        raise form.FieldNotFound(name)
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def fields_by_name(cls_or_self, name, role='subject'):
-        """return a list of fields with the given name and role"""
-        return [field for field in cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
-                if field.name == name and field.role == role]
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def remove_field(cls_or_self, field):
-        """remove a field from form class or instance"""
-        cls_or_self._fieldsattr().remove(field)
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def append_field(cls_or_self, field):
-        """append a field to form class or instance"""
-        cls_or_self._fieldsattr().append(field)
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def insert_field_before(cls_or_self, new_field, name, role='subject'):
-        field = cls_or_self.field_by_name(name, role)
-        fields = cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
-        fields.insert(fields.index(field), new_field)
-
-    @iclassmethod
-    def insert_field_after(cls_or_self, new_field, name, role='subject'):
-        field = cls_or_self.field_by_name(name, role)
-        fields = cls_or_self._fieldsattr()
-        fields.insert(fields.index(field)+1, new_field)
-
     @property
     def form_needs_multipart(self):
         """true if the form needs enctype=multipart/form-data"""
@@ -174,6 +128,7 @@
         """render this form, using the renderer given in args or the default
         FormRenderer()
         """
+        self.build_context(values)
         renderer = values.pop('renderer', None)
         if renderer is None:
             renderer = self.form_default_renderer()
@@ -184,7 +139,7 @@
                                                 self.req, rset=self.rset,
                                                 row=self.row, col=self.col)
 
-    def form_build_context(self, rendervalues=None):
+    def build_context(self, rendervalues=None):
         """build form context values (the .context attribute which is a
         dictionary with field instance as key associated to a dictionary
         containing field 'name' (qualified), 'id', 'value' (for display, always
@@ -193,6 +148,8 @@
         rendervalues is an optional dictionary containing extra kwargs given to
         form_render()
         """
+        if self.context is not None:
+            return # already built
         self.context = context = {}
         # ensure rendervalues is a dict
         if rendervalues is None:
@@ -224,6 +181,8 @@
         if value is None:
             if field.name in rendervalues:
                 value = rendervalues[field.name]
+            elif field.name in self.extra_kwargs:
+                value = self.extra_kwargs[field.name]
             else:
                 value = self.form_field_value(field, load_bytes)
                 if callable(value):
@@ -346,9 +305,9 @@
                 searchedvalues = ['%s:%s:%s' % (field.name, eid, field.role)
                                   for eid in value]
                 # remove associated __linkto hidden fields
-                for field in self.fields_by_name('__linkto'):
+                for field in self.root_form.fields_by_name('__linkto'):
                     if field.initial in searchedvalues:
-                        self.remove_field(field)
+                        self.root_form.remove_field(field)
             else:
                 value = None
         return value
@@ -372,7 +331,7 @@
             self.form_renderer_id, self.req, rset=self.rset, row=self.row,
             col=self.col, entity=self.edited_entity)
 
-    def form_build_context(self, values=None):
+    def build_context(self, values=None):
         """overriden to add edit[s|o] hidden fields and to ensure schema fields
         have eidparam set to True
 
@@ -380,6 +339,8 @@
         associated field before the (potential) modification made when
         submitting the form.
         """
+        if self.context is not None:
+            return
         eschema = self.edited_entity.e_schema
         for field in self.fields[:]:
             for field in field.actual_fields(self):
@@ -389,7 +350,7 @@
                      eschema.has_object_relation(fieldname))):
                     field.eidparam = True
                     self.fields.append(HiddenInitialValueField(field))
-        return super(EntityFieldsForm, self).form_build_context(values)
+        return super(EntityFieldsForm, self).build_context(values)
 
     def form_field_value(self, field, load_bytes=False):
         """return field's *typed* value
@@ -539,31 +500,28 @@
         return False
 
 
-class CompositeForm(FieldsForm):
+class CompositeFormMixIn(object):
     """form composed of sub-forms"""
     id = 'composite'
     form_renderer_id = id
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(CompositeForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        super(CompositeFormMixIn, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.forms = []
 
-    def form_add_subform(self, subform):
+    def add_subform(self, subform):
         """mark given form as a subform and append it"""
-        subform.is_subform = True
+        subform.parent_form = self
         self.forms.append(subform)
 
+    def build_context(self, rendervalues=None):
+        super(CompositeFormMixIn, self).build_context(rendervalues)
+        for form in self.forms:
+            form.build_context(rendervalues)
+
 
-class CompositeEntityForm(EntityFieldsForm):
-    """form composed of sub-forms"""
-    id = 'composite'
-    form_renderer_id = id
+class CompositeForm(CompositeFormMixIn, FieldsForm):
+    pass
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(CompositeEntityForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.forms = []
-
-    def form_add_subform(self, subform):
-        """mark given form as a subform and append it"""
-        subform.is_subform = True
-        self.forms.append(subform)
+class CompositeEntityForm(CompositeFormMixIn, EntityFieldsForm):
+    pass # XXX why is this class necessary?
--- a/web/views/workflow.py	Tue Sep 29 10:39:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/workflow.py	Tue Sep 29 12:45:23 2009 +0200
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         subform = self.vreg['forms'].select('edition', self.req, entity=trinfo,
                                             mainform=False)
         subform.field_by_name('by_transition').widget = fwdgs.HiddenInput()
-        form.form_add_subform(subform)
+        form.add_subform(subform)
         self.w(form.form_render(wf_info_for=entity.eid,
                                 by_transition=transition.eid))